Reggaeton

Reggaeton

Reggaeton (<a href="/en/British_English" title="British English" class="wl">UK</a>: <a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/ˈrɛɡeɪtoʊn, ˌrɛɡeɪˈtɒn/</a>,<a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;">[6]</a> <a href="/en/American_English" title="American English" class="wl">US</a>: <a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/ˌrɛɡeɪˈtoʊn, ˌreɪɡ-/</a>),<a href="#cite_note-:0-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;">[8]</a> also known as reggaetón and reguetón<a href="#cite_note-fundeu-9" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;">[9]</a> (<small about="#mwt63" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-es&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-es&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;reɣeˈton&quot;},&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;lang&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">Spanish:&nbsp;<a href="/en/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish" class="wl">[reɣeˈton]</a>), is a style of <a href="/en/Popular_music" title="Popular music" class="wl">popular</a> and <a href="/en/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music" class="wl">electronic music</a> that originated in <a href="/en/Panama" title="Panama" class="wl">Panama</a> during the late 1980s.<a href="#cite_note-10" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-Origin2-11" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-nyt-12" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;">[12]</a> It was later popularized in <a href="/en/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico" class="wl">Puerto Rico</a>.<a href="#cite_note-shonda-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a>

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<ul><li><a href="/en/Reggae_en_Español" title="Reggae en Español" class="wl">Reggae en Español</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Dancehall" title="Dancehall" class="wl">dancehall</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Soca_music" title="Soca music" class="wl">soca</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Toasting_(Jamaican_music)" title="Toasting (Jamaican music)" class="wl">toasting</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music" class="wl">hip hop</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Late-1980s, <a href="/en/Panama" title="Panama" class="wl">Panama</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Origin3-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-wpost-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a> Puerto Rico<a href="#cite_note-shonda-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-latina-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Typical instruments</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Dembow" title="Dembow" class="wl">Dembow</a> (rhythm)</li>
<li><a href="/en/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer" class="wl">synthesizer</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sampler_(musical_instrument)" title="Sampler (musical instrument)" class="wl">sampler</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Digital_audio_workstation" title="Digital audio workstation" class="wl">DAW</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Rapping" title="Rapping" class="wl">rapping</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Singing" title="Singing" class="wl">vocals</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Derivative forms</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Dembow" title="Dembow" class="wl">Dominican Dembow</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Subgenres</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Alternative_reggaeton" title="Alternative reggaeton" class="wl">Alternative reggaeton</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Bachatón" title="Bachatón" class="wl">Bachatón</a></li>
<li><a href="#Cuba" target="_blank">Cubaton</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Neoperreo" title="Neoperreo" class="wl">Neoperreo</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Fusion genres</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Moombahton" title="Moombahton" class="wl">Moombahton</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Trapeton" title="Trapeton" class="mw-redirect wl">Trapeton</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Regional scenes</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Latin_America" title="Latin America" class="wl">Latin America</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a></li></ul>

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It has evolved from <a href="/en/Dancehall" title="Dancehall" class="wl">dancehall</a> and has been influenced by American <a href="/en/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music" class="wl">hip hop</a>, <a href="/en/Latin_American_music" title="Latin American music" class="mw-redirect wl">Latin American</a>, and <a href="/en/Caribbean_music" title="Caribbean music" class="mw-redirect wl">Caribbean music</a>. Vocals include <a href="/en/Rapping" title="Rapping" class="wl">rapping</a> and <a href="/en/Singing" title="Singing" class="wl">singing</a>, typically in Spanish.

Reggaeton is regarded as one of the most popular music genres in the <a href="/en/Caribbean_Spanish" title="Caribbean Spanish" class="wl">Spanish-speaking Caribbean</a>, including <a href="/en/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico" class="wl">Puerto Rico</a>, <a href="/en/Panama" title="Panama" class="wl">Panama</a>, <a href="/en/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic" class="wl">Dominican Republic</a>, <a href="/en/Cuba" title="Cuba" class="wl">Cuba</a>, <a href="/en/Colombia" title="Colombia" class="wl">Colombia</a>, and <a href="/en/Venezuela" title="Venezuela" class="wl">Venezuela</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;">[13]</a> Over the 2010s, the genre has seen increased popularity across <a href="/en/Latin_America" title="Latin America" class="wl">Latin America</a>, as well as acceptance within <a href="/en/Pop_music" title="Pop music" class="wl">mainstream Western music</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;">[14]</a>

Reggaeton , It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American hip hop, Latin American, and Caribbean music. Vocals include rapping and singing, typically in Spanish. 